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With Russia claiming to have taken prisoner nearly 2,500 Ukrainian fighters from the besieged Mariupol steel plant, concerns grew about their fate as a Moscow-backed separatist leader vowed they would face tribunals. Russia has declared its full control o...

A puppy that was snatched from a pet store in New Jersey has been returned unharmed....

NBCAhead of the 47th season finale of Saturday Night Live, news leaked out that the show would be losing some of its biggest stars, including Pete Davidson, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney. But SNL's biggest loss has to be the incomparable Kate McKinnon,...

COVID-19, shootings: Is mass death now tolerated in America?...

Fate of 2,500 Ukrainian POWs from steel plant stirs concern...

Fearing visa hassles could cost him his job in Dubai while an economic collapse had dashed any homecoming options, Lebanese executive Jad splurged around $135,000 on a new citizenship for himself and his wife....

May 21—Kutztown University fell into a four-run hole in the first inning and was unable to complete a comeback in a season-ending, 9-5 loss to Seton Hill in Game 2 of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Super Regional Saturday at North Campus Field. The t...

May 21—Kole Schuler singled in the go-ahead run in a three-run fifth inning, sending fourth-seeded Kutztown to a 5-4 win over fifth-seeded Newport in a District 3 Class 2A quarterfinal Saturday at Kutztown Community Park. The Cougars (16-7) overcame...

May 21—SHIPPENSBURG — Wyomissing senior Amory Thompson won gold in the triple jump and the 200 as well as anchored the winning 400 relay team to help lead the Spartans to their second consecutive Class 2A title at the District 3 Track and Fiel...

May 21—The Jamestown Public School Board unanimously approved on Monday, May 16, the school lunch prices for the 2022-23 school year. For the 2022-23 school year, it will cost an extra $0.40 to $0.50 per meal per child from the last time families pa...

One person died and two others were injured when multiple pedestrians were hit by a car in Newbury....

Airless tyres that never go flat or need to be inflated: It's a decades-long dream that manufacturers hope to turn into a reality soon, but for truck drivers first....

Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow while Russia intensified an offensive in the eastern Donbas region and stopped providing gas to Finland, as Polish President Andrzej Duda prepared to address the Ukrainian parliament on Sunday. After ...

Bam Adebayo scored 31 points with 10 rebounds for the Miami Heat, who blew a 25-point, first-half lead and lost Jimmy Butler to a knee injury but held on to beat the Boston Celtics 109-103 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday night. Bost...

Halil Ibrahim Sincar/Anadolu Agency via Getty ImagesArcheologists in Turkey have discovered an almost 2000-year-old underground city in the southeastern province of Mardin. The subterranean complex in modern Midyat was unearthed two years ago, when restor...

BOSTON — It was a night that was going to leave the Miami Heat at a loss, regardless of the outcome, with Jimmy Butler's night done at halftime due to knee inflammation. But that also is where the Heat held the line, riding the aggression of cen...

Martin County High School played host to a celebrity charity flag football game that brought the stars out to raise money for Make-A-Wish....

Drew Angerer/GettyCOVID-19 could end up taking down two presidents—the one who was grossly incompetent, and the one who expected to ride a vaccine to victory over the coronavirus.In other words, Donald Trump might very well have been re-elected if h...

Terriana Smith was just 1 month old when she was among 7 shot in a mass shooting on Chicago's South Side. Now she's celebrating her 1st birthday!...

Avs forward Nazem Kadri went hard to the net puck before colliding with a Blues d-man and barrelling into Binnington, who left hobbling and didn't return....

Carlos Vela and Jose Cifuentes scored second-half goals and Los Angeles FC outlasted two lengthy weather delays to beat the Columbus Crew 2-0 on Saturday. The two teams waited out a 2-hour, 55-minute delay to begin the match, played for four minutes and t...

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It's a case Houston will never forget. In the late 1990s, panic swept through railroad towns over a train-hopping serial killer who murdered his victims near tracks. In this episode of...

Wallaby great and environmental activist David Pocock was poised to win a seat in the Australian Senate Sunday and become the first independent to hold the role for the national capital Canberra....

Forty years after it opened, the legendary nightclub is credited with changing music and Manchester....

A late Colorado spring snowstorm dumped several inches in the Denver metro area Saturday and knocked out electricity for about 210,000 customers, officials said. The wet snow weighed down tree branches and sent them toppling onto power lines, the KUSA tel...

For Tiger Woods, the fight now isn't to win, but just to stay in the game....

Australia's Labor party looks set to form the next government after unprecedented support for climate-focussed independents ended a decade's rule of the conservative coalition, although the new government may not end up with a full majority. Centr...

St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington departed Game 3 of the second round against Colorado after colliding with Avalanche forward Nazem Kadri 6:45 into the first period Saturday night. Kadri was attacking the St. Louis net when he got his skates ta...

Epicenter was the horse closing strong at the end this time, making up ground on the leader in the final stage of a Triple Crown race. Epicenter became the first horse since Bodemeister in 2012 to be the runner-up in both the Kentucky Derby and Preakness....

The ESPN anchor confirmed on Saturday that she was injured after being struck by a golf ball....

A look at the key hole Saturday in the third round of the PGA Championship: HOLE: 18 YARDAGE: 498 PAR: 4 STROKE AVERAGE: 4.26 RANK: 9 KEY FACT: Mito Pereira made a 27-foot putt for birdie on the last hole to shoot 69 and take a three-shot lead over Matt F...

The Orange County church targeted by a gunman on May 15, began the healing process on Saturday with a ceremony honoring the victims and the doctor hailed as a hero....

A brief look at the third round Saturday of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills: Leading: Mito Pereira had a 1-under 69 and is at 201. Trailing: Matt Fitzpatrick (67) and Will Zalatoris (73) are at 204. Tiger Tracks: Tiger Woods withdrew after shooting...

Scientists say we need to future-proof our diets in a warming world by eating little-known plants....

Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyThe latest setback to U.S. anti-narcotics efforts in Mexico came earlier this month, when the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was forced to remove its flagship plane from the country for the ...

The brilliant Northern Irishman who set the record for largest margin of victory in the PGA Championship a decade ago will need to mount his biggest comeback Sunday if he wants to win a third Wanamaker Trophy. First-round leader Rory McIlroy, whose stella...

Shagufta Ahmed's first job was to get justice for her father, a lecturer murdered after he blew the whistle on a colleague....

The PGA of America says Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the PGA Championship....

Daulton Varsho drilled a two-out, three-RBI double in the 10th inning then scored on a throwing error by Andrelton Simmons to give the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 7-6 comeback win over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Arizona only got one hit off Cubs starter ...

An Orange County substitute teacher has posted $100,000 bail after being arrested on suspicion of child molestation....

DENVER — The snowout didn't stop the Mets from continuing their winning ways. The Mets beat the Rockies, 5-1, in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Coors Field on Saturday behind 5 1/3 solid innings from Carlos Carrasco and an early outburst from the o...

May 21—A proposed increase in water and sewer rates could be taking effect July 1. Aiken City Council will consider the ordinance on second reading during its Monday night meeting. The first reading passed unanimously at council's May 9 meeting....

May 21—Candidates in four Aiken County races — which will likely be decided via the primary election — will speak at a political forum in June. On Monday, June 6, the Aiken Standard will host the free-to-attend 2022 Political Forum for P...

May 21—The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating a fatal shooting involving an Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputy. The Saturday morning shooting occurred after a male on a Harley Davidson motorcycle led deputies on a chase t...

Pereira is at +150 to win the tournament as he leads Matt Fitzpatrick and Will Zalatoris....

May 21—Most of us look to the skies these days and pray we don't see a cantilevered smoke cloud on the horizon. We've come to know what that means. Our justifiable fear and obsession with fire has become so great that I'm reminded of a m...

To his mother, an immigrant from Shanghai, this recognition is part of an even bigger accomplishment....

Rafael Devers hit two homers, Christian Vzquez had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning and Boston's bullpen held the Seattle Mariners scoreless for six innings, lifting the Red Sox to a 6-5 victory on Saturday. Devers drove in three runs and had...

May 21—A TALE Behind every adult face, he saw a child. Not that these adults were childish, though much to the surprising discovery of many young people, childish behavior doesn't end with childhood. It quite often continues through old age. But...